Alien Nation
Theatrical Release Date: 10/07/1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Graham Baker
Actors: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason
Plot: Two cops, one originally from another planet, the other a human racist against the aliens, have to learn to get along to find a police killer, and get a dangerous alien drug off the street.
Clara's Heart
Theatrical Release Date: 10/07/1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Mulligan
Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, Spalding Gray, Jason Downs
Imagine: John Lennon
Theatrical Release Date: 10/07/1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Solt
Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, David Bowie
Punchline
Theatrical Release Date: 10/07/1988
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Seltzer
Actors: Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Kim Greist, Taylor Negron, Paul Mazursky
Hard Times ( Tempos Difíceis )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/06/1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: João Botelho
Actors: Henrique Viana, Júlia Britton, Eunice Muñoz, Ruy Furtado, Isabel de Castro, Joaquim Mendes
Ghoulies II
Theatrical Release Date: 10/05/1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Band
Actors: Damon Martin, Royal Dano, Phil Fondacaro, J. Downing, Kerry Remsen, Dale Wyatt
Plot: The little nasties stow away on an amusement park ride and re-energize a dying fairground. But the creatures get ticked off after an attempt is made to exterminate them.
The People Across the Lake
Theatrical Release Date: 10/03/1988
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Actors: Valerie Harper, Gerald McRaney, Barry Corbin, Tammy Lauren, Daryl Anderson, Jeff Kizer
Plot: An urban couple and their two children move to a community beside a lake into which a homicidal maniac continues to toss human body parts.
A Winter Tan
Theatrical Release Date: 10/02/1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jackie Burroughs, Louise Clark, John Frizzell, John Walker, Aerlyn Weissman
Actors: Jackie Burroughs, Hernando Gonzáles, Anita Olanick, Diane D'Aquila, J. Torres Zarragoza
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dwight H. Little
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Beau Starr, George P. Wilbur
Plot: After 10 years he is back to kill his sister's daughter, Jamie. Dr. Loomis is the only man that can stop him, but can he make it in time.
Memories of Me
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Henry Winkler
Actors: Billy Crystal, Alan King, JoBeth Williams, Janet Carroll, Robert Pastorelli, Phil Fondacaro
Platoon Leader
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Aaron Norris
Actors: Michael Dudikoff, Robert F. Lyons, Michael DeLorenzo, Jesse Dabson, Rick Fitts, William Smith
Plot: An American platoon in Vietnam sets forth into the jungle only to be systematically massacred by the enemy.
Things Change
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J.J. Johnston, Ricky Jay, Mike Nussbaum
Twice Dead
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bert L. Dragin
Actors: Tom Bresnahan, Jill Whitlow, Jonathan Chapin, Christopher Burgard, Sam Melville, Todd Bridges
